PHOTO: Jackie Robinson's telegram to LBJ in 1965

On Jackie Robinson Day, it is important to remember Robinson as more than a baseball player, as a historical figure who changed the world forever. He used his platform for countless good deeds, and that is far more important than a game.

Courtesy of Michael Beschloss, here's a telegram that Robinson sent to President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 regarding political issues in Alabama: